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Headline: Indonesian Government Seize Illegal Foreign Fishing Vessels

Caption: Vessels from Vietnam are secured to the Pier of the Pontianak Marine and Fisheries Resources Monitoring Station in Kubu Raya Regency, West Kalimantan Province, Indonesia, Monday, April 12, 2021. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia, through the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, arrested five foreign fishing vessels from Vietnam who stole fish in the Zone The Indonesian Exclusive Economy (ZEEI) in the North Natuna Sea, on Friday, April 9, 2021. The five foreign ships and 28 crew were then escorted to the Pontianak Marine and Fisheries Resources Monitoring Station for further processing. Based on data from the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries for 2021, there are 72 vessels secured by the Fisheries Supervisory Ship of the Directorate General of Supervision of Marine Resources and Fisheries of the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries. 12 of them are foreign fishing vessels.

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